Code of Massachusetts Regulations
258 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
Title 258 CMR 20.00 - Standards Of Professional Practice And Conduct
Section 20.02 - Performance of Services without Informed Consent
Current through Register 1537, December 20, 2024
(1) A social worker shall not perform or attempt to perform any social work service or function without the informed consent of the client or prospective client who is to receive that service or, in the case of a service recipient who lacks the legal capacity to give valid consent, the informed consent of an individual who is legally authorized to give consent on behalf of that client or prospective client.
(2) Where the client or prospective client who is to receive the social work service is not mentally competent to give legally valid consent to the performance or provision of that service, the social worker shall not perform or attempt to perform that service without the prior written consent of a guardian appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to act on behalf of that client or prospective client.
(3) Where the client or prospective client who is to receive the social work service is a minor, the informed consent of at least one of that minor's parents or the minor's legal guardian is required before the social work service is performed or provided, unless: